WebKit, the browser engine for Safari, is on track to support protocols that enable native video and audio communications in the browser. Although Apple hasn't publicly announced support for WebRTC, ...

Mozilla on Tuesday officially launched Firefox 18 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The improvements include a new JavaScript compiler, preliminary WebRTC as well as Retina support (on Macs). The ...

Norwegian browser maker Opera has released a stable version of Opera 20 for Android, which includes WebRTC support for video chats straight from the browser. The stable release with support for WebRTC ...

Right now, a bunch of nerds on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in Vancouver are making big decisions about the next big wave in web communications standards. And these decisions will have a ...

Google has released a developer preview of WebRTC, its open real-time voice and video chat system that uses HTML and JavaScript to put video and audio conferencing into the browser. Billed as an easy ...

Steve Zurier is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Md. Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) can transform any Internet-connected web browser into a telephone, but widespread adoption of ...

Microsoft’s upcoming Skype for Web service will use the new WebRTC standard so it works in all modern browsers—but not right away: Early users will have to download a plugin that’s only available on ...

Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) can transform any Internet-connected web browser into a telephone, but widespread adoption of the technology has lagged since Google first introduced it in 2011.

Steve Zurier is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Md. Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) can transform any Internet-connected web browser into a telephone, but widespread adoption of ...